From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
To: Antero Mejr <mail@antr.me>
Cc: 73898@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#73898: MPV should not propagate all inputs
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:52:39 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y12fyoa0.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ttd7qz9a.fsf@antr.me> (Antero Mejr's message of "Sun, 20 Oct 2024 02:33:37 +0000")
Hi Antero,
Antero Mejr <mail@antr.me> writes:
> Currently, MPV propagates most of its inputs, which is not correct.
>
> When MPV tries to propagate a different version of a dependency (like
> ffmpeg) that is a different version what is currently installed, Guix
> operations will fail.
>
> The source code in video.scm says that the inputs are propagated so
> pkg-config will work, but that is not a valid reason. The pkg-config
> file should be patched so that pkg-config will work without unnecessary
> propagated-inputs.
Maybe we could have a mpv package that doesn't propagate anything, and a libmpv
that does, if there are any users (other packages) of mpv as a library?
--
Thanks,
Maxim
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2024-10-20 2:33 bug#73898: MPV should not propagate all inputs Antero Mejr
2024-10-23 12:52 ` Maxim Cournoyer [this message]
2024-10-23 16:53 ` Antero Mejr
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